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Cristhian

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Registered: 2018-02-17

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Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

Hi, I know it is a common issue, but I tried almost everything i found on Google and nothing changed.
Some detail about my state:
Of course I mounted root in /mnt  and my EFI partition in /mnt/boot..
I parted my HDD in this way :

                        File System
/dev/sda1   EFI        fat32                 (boot and esp flag were present when I checked with parted)
/dev/sda2   Swap       swap                
/dev/sda3   Root       ext4                  /
/dev/sda4   Data       ntfs

In my EFI partition all the files are present in the right directory, also vmlinuz-linux located in the main directory of the partition.

I thing I configured in the right way the arch.conf file , here it is:

title        Arch Linux
linux       /vmlinuz-linux
initrd      /initramfs-linux.img

options root=PARTUUID=63d0794c-2db7-3a47-a6d1-d4732c251fe8 rw

I tried also to enter the firmware interface UEFI of my PC and trust the boot file in the EFI partition, but nothing changed.

Last edited by Cristhian (2019-03-18 09:48:48)

stueja

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Registered: 2015-10-18

Posts: 47

Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

The output of

blkid

would be helpful. Also, which boot loader are you using? Is that syslinux?

Edit: reading your post more carefully (as you should read the syslinux guide ): leave the leading / out, and the boot loader should find your kernel.

Last edited by stueja (2019-03-17 09:07:39)

Cristhian

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Registered: 2018-02-17

Posts: 76

Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

The output of

blkid

would be helpful. Also, which boot loader are you using? Is that syslinux?

Edit: reading your post more carefully (as you should read the syslinux guide ): leave the leading / out, and the boot loader should find your kernel.

I used

:r ! blkid -s PARTUUID -o value /dev/sda3

directly in vi when I wrote arch.conf so the output of blkid is that UUID you can see in the config file.

I used

# bootctl --path=esp  install 

for the bootloader , I didn't use anything about syslinux suite .

PS: I typically use Grub , may I think to not use systemd-boot?

stueja

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Registered: 2015-10-18

Posts: 47

Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

I used

# bootctl --path=esp  install 

Did you literally use esp, or did you replace esp by your mountpoint?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

What is the output of

efibootmgr -v

The command can be run from the live ISO, post the output using a pastebin client.

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Cristhian

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Registered: 2018-02-17

Posts: 76

Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

I used

# bootctl --path=esp  install 

Did you literally use esp, or did you replace esp by your mountpoint?

Yes, of course .

Cristhian

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Registered: 2018-02-17

Posts: 76

Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

Sorry to everybody, I solved the problem.
I accidentally wrote "w" in the arch.conf when I saved it with

:w

I'm going to mark the topic as SOLVED .
Thank you so much and sorry for that.

stueja

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Registered: 2015-10-18

Posts: 47

Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

I used

# bootctl --path=esp  install 

Did you literally use esp, or did you replace esp by your mountpoint?

Yes, of course .

When you have an issue, post the ENTIRE output or log. Information is crucial to being able to solve any problem. I've seen threads go for pages and all someone needed to do was ask for a log file or simple command output.

WorMzy

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Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

Sorry to everybody, I solved the problem.
I accidentally wrote "w" in the arch.conf when I saved it with

:w

I'm going to mark the topic as SOLVED .
Thank you so much and sorry for that.

Please do so by editing the first post and amending the topic title.

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Cristhian

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Registered: 2018-02-17

Posts: 76

Re: Error Loading \vmlinuz-linux: not found [SOLVED]

Did you literally use esp, or did you replace esp by your mountpoint?

Yes, of course .

When you have an issue, post the ENTIRE output or log. Information is crucial to being able to solve any problem. I've seen threads go for pages and all someone needed to do was ask for a log file or simple command output.

I'm so sorry, I did not know I could use pastebin to send directly the output outside the terminal , I will from the next post . Thank you so much and sorry for the mistake.

# bootctl --path=esp  install